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No one is ever going to convince me that the biggest problem with out youth and young adults is that they didn't get a boot in their A$$E$ growing up.

Probably the same guy that claims that the "7mm ought 8" is a magnum because ought 8 is bigger than ought 6 & his brother in law shot a der @ 3000yds W/one. Using FMJ for any game other than maybe a charging Cape Buffalo or elephant is asinine..

As much as I like the slogan "Make America Great Again", I also like "America Won't be Europe".

Trump is right on the boarders, on stopping Muslim's coming in until the system can be fixed. I don't want to wake up to what's happening in Brussels, Frances. You wait until Germany gets hit. I think its worth the life's of millions of Americans to make some wait to come into our Country. Its not racist its common sense.

He has my vote Same with my son, with fear comes respect and a conscience. I was raised with morals as I will do the same with my kid. When we were spanked it wasn't often but we deserved it.

The ongoing disrespect/disregard for law enforcement. I just don't get it No matter what the circumstance is, stop like a gentleman, let law enforcement do their job and if you're not doing anything wrong you should be on your merry way shortly, if you are doing something wrong pay the mother-effing consequences/fines etc. Unfortunately, this officer now has to lose time from work, pay out of pocket medical expenses, etc. All because some douche decided to try and get away. Rant over....thanks

Belo, Do the events in Brussels this morning change your thinking? Because it certainly reinforces mine.

You don't worry about how she was raised. We are extremely close. She is aces as far as any 20 year olds I know. 3.9 in a very hard major and still loves to spend time with Mom and Dad. I know things like manners, personal responsibility and hard work are foreign to you. I would bet you don't see and issue letting a your kids spend time under the crack mentors on your street for career tips and that would seem perfectly acceptable you.

I can remember my wife asking me (since we are on opposite ends of the parenting approach spectrum) "do you want your daughter to fear you"?. My respones..."I expect it"

One of my nephews had a match grade M1-A, which is the semi-auto only version of the M14.. He was attending college at the time and did not have a good place to keep it, so it lived at my house for a couple of years, along with 500 rounds of ammo and the invitation for me to shoot it whenever I wanted.. I didn't shoot it very much, because I didn't want to take advantage, but it sure was fun when I did. Eventually, he took it back...<sigh>.....

America was found on Freedom of Religion. The Freedom to Practice it without fear of persecution, Not use it to Persecute others. Its shocking to see people not learn from the past. Un- American No Pro American Yes since when has it become Shocking to be American. It may not be Political Correct, it may be Anti Obama, but Un American NO. Carry On

My package from Midway came yesterday. I laid out the parts & rubbed a little Minwax Antique Oil Finish into the wood to highlight the grain. It will look even better when it is sanded smooth & finished, but this gives an idea of the amount of fiddleback in the Black Walnut. A different angle. I've been working hard to get my gun building bench & R/C aircraft hanger into shape over the last week. I'm having foot surgery on the 24th & will have to stay off the foot completely for 6 weeks. Crutches & a "knee walker"! I'll have lots of arse time to spend at the benches building.

Obama would not connect religion to the terrorist. He did call them Terrorists but fails to connect the facts. Ignoring the true enemy only makes it harder to fight them. The radical's are praying on our weakness of protection of Religion and political correctness. The weakling in chief is standing in the way of solving the problem, his advisors advise and he does the opposite. Its already here in America and we need to wake up and address the problem fast.

The main reason I'm in this thread is that you asked a question, and I knew the answer. The thread popped up in my "Recent Topics" feed. And... I'm a helpful kind of guy. I knew the answer because I run a legislative information and intelligence service based in Albany. I live across the Hudson River in Rensselaer County. In my experience it is difficult to learn who is running for state office when district lines are contained within a individual county. The State Board of Elections does not make that information available on their website because they consider it a local election, even though the candidate is running for state office. Some "local" boards of election do not make this information readily available on their websites, which is both ridiculous and time consuming for the voter. District maps are fine, but it's who wants to sit in that seat that really matters. This, in my opinion, is an area that can easily be improved upon and should be without delay. But this is beside the point of this thread... Are there any NYC-based hunting organizations? Basically, people who are already grouped in numbers that would sign letters to legislators... I'm in the dark on that front... I don't know that I can help beyond basic info here, but when I can, I do help. Good luck...

So I haven't had much time this winter to get out and do much. Did zero small game or predator hunting. I did get out once so far for shed hunting. Did a quick once over of our food plots and some of the major trails near the thick stuff. Found a decent 4 point shed from one of the local 2 year olds smack in the middle of one of the WR plots.

Expresso, you are delusional in your thinking. Other police officers have been critical of the tactics used in the video. Not knowing your background I won't speculate that you know any more or less than the police that have given their prospective. They have said the road block was deliberately designed to hurt those in the truck. Finnicum had no idea what was lying ahead,but the cops that originally stopped them did, and made no mention of it. Shots fired were not reported and worse, covered up by other officers on the scene. Which shows they knew they did something wrong. Furthermore, your stupid comparison to minorities who've fathered many children as Finnicum did, in some sort of stereotypical analogy to try and show he isn't a loving father, reeks of bigotry. I see a human being standing up peacfully for the constitution. Who was murdered by a government that wanted to make an example out of him to show any others that might be thinking of challenging the government. I guess you see a deadbeat father, reckless with no regard for human life that wanted to kill cops and got everything he had coming to him. Like I said, Delusional!

Except that the big "American" hotel is owned by the Chinese.

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I couldn't resist today and went shed hunting for 2 hours. I found sheds #16 and #17 for the year and a matching side to one of the antlers I found 3 weeks ago. I knew there were at least 2 great bucks in there and I've found 3 of their antlers so far, I'll be a happy man if I can find that last side... One was a fighter, broke his brow completely off one antler and his whole main beam beyond his G-2 on the other side. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

Now that you're reloading, availability of ammo shouldn't be as much of a issue once you get your hands on a couple of bags of brass.

Not many LEO I respect more than an ECO. Always a pleasure to meet and greet one. Hopefully these kids gets prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. No excuses to assault an ECO like that. X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

I'm DROOLING over that piece of walnut...Can't wait to see the finished product, Wildcat ...

Here's what I'll be working on over the spring & summer. All I'm lacking now is the 7x57 barrel which is ordered, paid for & due from E.R. Shaw in 12-16 weeks.

I think the point I'm making on elections is that a Board of Elections is an official, taxpayer funded location for all administration of and information on state and local elections. I shouldn't have to use a search engine to learn about who is running for an election. As a voter, that information could and should be readily available on a board of elections website, be it local or state. A board of elections should be one of the first links offered in any search for a state/local election. In my line of work, I need official documents as well as the information contained within, and I don't think it is too much to ask of our government to make that information readily available to all. Anywho... Here is the link to the login page for the service I run: http://www.nystatewatch.com/ Best of luck in organizing!

With all due respect Biz, they aren't hard to stalk. If they didn't have all those quills, they wouldn't be hard to stomp on.

Having a crappy couple of days. Had a rum and coke to start after work. Then a Miller lite while grilling. Topped it off with a Go to IPA from Stone. Feelin good!

You're free to believe that as well. Edit: Finicums children were/are adopted.

Not surprisingly, I spoke to soon...........I stopped at the Town Of Amherst today and the guy said "no dice". I said WTH man? Turns out they stopped the darn program a month ago. The Man said that they will pick it up in front of my house on my garbage day, March 30th. Put it to the curb and they'll snag it. He said that they had too many people bringing them from all over the county and they couldn't handle them all; they were overwhelmed!! Soooo, now my wife is just thrilled that we have to look at the heap-o-garbage on the side of the house for a week until NEXT Wednesday. One other thing the guy said was that he was told Best Buy would take it but they charged $15 I have no regrets, I'd do it again if'n I spot one in the ditch and the stars are lined up.

Ok late post but Sat nights outing A couple flights and a skirt steak sandwich at stop one. Then to the Biergarten for some German Litres with some friends. Then stupidly off to the Polish place and that was about it for me....... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My seven yr old and I have logged some miles. We started back in Jan at our local non hunting park. We had transisioned from the brushy field into the hardwoods.We always spread out while walking and im always way ahead as he is easally distrcted. Anyways im way ahead and i hear him yell dad i found a deer, keeps repeating it as im walikng back. I walk up to him not seeing anything and say where, he points right infront of me, wow sweet find! Not sure what happened to him but my son was super exited, the next morning he said he dreamed about it. Last sunday morning he said he wanted to shed hunt behind great great grams house. We took a quick walk and he's dying to find a shed on his own. So I'm walking thru some brush and I see one, I call him over telling him this looks like a good spot ( I want him to find it) I sent him past it like for time, each walking right by it, finally I say stop and look around, he didn't find it first but non the less happy. This am he wanted my wife to tag along at the park. She has never really even looked before but she found one. Not long after I heard my son make a excited noise and see him bend over and pick up his first on his own horn, a shinny 2pt and boy was he excited. I had a goose egg. I cant get this to post pic between each story so they are in order of story, except the first two are reversed.

Maine Beer company. This brewery continues to impress me. So far everything I have had has been way above average. Very refined, simple and almost elegant. MO, pale ale. It's excellent.

4+ hours for me today. I bet I crawled 250 yards on my hands and knees through some nasty holes, just bucky looking and found beans.............get all done and head over to pull my trail cams. Walk up the dike of my buddies pond to peak at the geese and find THIS..................... Let me tell you, I worked hard for that little bone! Oh well, all fun.

Lunch. When in Rome. Oysters and clam chowdah and a Sam Adams Colonial beer

couple kids arrested for running over a DEC Officer with their ATV. Got my license checked once buy this guy i believe, one time when i was hunting out in long island. Was pretty awkward for me but he was pretty cool and shot the crap with me for a bit though said he was checking for a complaint about someone with a rifle in a bow area or something. Kids just put a big stain on their records for no good reason. On March 13, ECO Travis McNamara and NYS Trooper Fabio Daino were on a multi-agency ATV/ORV patrol, sponsored by the Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council, when the officers encountered three four-wheel drive vehicles operating illegally off road on PSEG property in Shoreham. Officer McNamara was speaking to the driver of the lead truck, Trevor Galvez, 17, of Selden, when he and the other drivers attempted to flee. Galvez quickly backed up, running over the lower leg and foot of Officer McNamara, fracturing several bones. Officer McNamara was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where he underwent surgery and was released later last week.

I'd rather shoot 6 Ma-Deuces mounted in the wings of an F-4U, but unless I win a couple of hundred million in the Lotto, that ain't gonna happen!.

I had a similar conversation with a woman who had been abused by her husband. The conversation was regarding the difference between discipline and assault. She asked me the same thing, if my son should fear me. No I hope my son does not fear me. I hope he has a healthy fear of consequences, enough so that it could affect his judgment prior to doing something stupid. If that fear happens to be my hand paddling his ass for mouthing off to a teacher or the serious face-to-face he would get for running over a police officer... so be it. I would expect my son, or anyone for that matter, not to just out right fear me. My counter to her argument is that you can tell a child a hundred times not to touch something that is hot, but eventually they will do it and they will get burned. What is it that stops them from doing it again... satisfied curiosity or fear of the pain it caused the first time?

More good boots in the tail section, yes! That and reality training. So many video games and movies provide and show challenges where if you're quick enough you can get yourself out of a bad situation. And, if you fail there is nothing to worry about, you can just start again. Many real life situations have serious consequences for failure and often there's no second chance. Why, at the age 17 and old enough to drive a 4X4 would one think you could get away with such a stunt. They're not stupid, they just haven't been taught to think rationally. Some blame has to go to the parent.

King O'bama again did not call the latest attack in Belgium for what it was, Islamic terrorist attack. Carry on.

Religion is not race and vice versa. Xenophobia is what you are looking for, and that is what it is. "Ignoring the true enemy only makes it harder to fight them. The radical's are praying on our weakness of protection of Religion and political correctness." That's shocking to hear, our country was founded around freedom of religion. Sounds UN-American to me. Carry on.

He is a hero and a national treasure

FMJ, the new cheap alternative to non-toxic ammo. [emoji106] X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

my 7 year old started and still shoots recurve, doesnt seem to be interested in compounds to much my 4 year old started on a compound ( Diamond atomic) and he uses fingers. the atomic should last him quite a while

One thing to remember is draw weight and length are related. If your child has a long draw even at the lowest poundage you will never see 5 lbs of draw, it may be 15-20 lbs which will be too much for a 7 or 8 year old. My 11 year old daughter has a mission menace turned all the way down and set to 20" draw and has some difficulty drawing. My recommendation would be a round cammed bow, long bow style. My daughter started with a bear panda and shot very well with it. Check out the bear scout for 35$ he will have a blast with it!

So long as it makes you feel better, you're certainly free to believe that's what actually happened.

Good choice. It's actually 5 to 70 lbs draw weight adjustable and is around $380. If he remains excited to shoot he can grow with it. But, If in the future he doesn't follow Dad's love, It's still a good bow for resale. That being said, it's a tough choice. $80 throw away or $380 good bow to grow with.

He's looking for a place to live after Screwing America. The weakling in chief gets to Cuba no one there to greet him LOL. Old Castro is thinking, man if only this jackass was president when I was young.

I have heard they mess with the nests....and eggs. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

Garland has been nominated for a single purpose. He is ideologically opposed to the Heller decision which stated the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to own firearms. That decision prevents the government from going completely to the extreme in it's drive to eliminate and ban all types of civilians arms ownership. Semi-auto firearms, both handgun and long gun, are the objective here. That, however, is just the beginning. All types of registration requirements would follow, as well as other restrictions like storage requirements, ownership limits, possession limits for ammo, permits and permit fees. Legal carry, in any form, would be eliminated. If he is sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice, the 2nd Amendment will no longer be a right of the people, it will be a privilege from the government, granted only to those the government feels can be trusted to follow orders. This is something everyone who owns firearms now, be they hunter, target shooter or collector, should be writing their Senators about today.

And the terrorist they caught in Brussels never fled as they thought. He was protected by his people right under authority's noses. So some are so radicalized they will cut your head off, others will not so much, but enough to protect the ones that cut heads off.